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5 Tools for Increasing Teacher Productivity

12 Teacher Productivity Tools That Actually Save Time Time is the scarcest resource in a teacher’s day. Good tools protect that time. Great tools give

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Critical Thinking Questions Stems For Any Content Area

by TeachThought Staff Critical thinking isn’t a skill, nor is it content knowledge or even evidence of understanding. While it involves and requires these ideas,

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7 Ideas For Learning Through Humility

by Terry Heick Humility is an interesting starting point for learning. In an era of media that is digital, social, chopped up, and endlessly recirculated,

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What Are Costa’s Levels Of Questioning?

Costa’s Levels of Questioning — designed by educational researcher Art Costa — feature three tiers of questioning designed to promote higher-level thinking and inquiry. Similar

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Creating A Culture Of Reading In Your Classroom – TeachThought

contributed by Angela Peery Picture a classroom full of youngsters. They could be darling, chubby-cheeked kindergartners or swaggering, confident high school seniors – or anything

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Some Thoughts On Knowledge And Knowledge Limits

Knowledge is limited. Knowledge deficits are unlimited. Knowing something–all of the things you don’t know collectively is a form of knowledge. There are many forms

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45 Design Thinking Resources For Teachers And Students

Educators and students at all levels are using design thinking to create solutions for real-world problems. Whether you’re new to the concept or looking for

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Wendell Berry And Preparing Students For “Good Work”

by Terry Heick The influence of Berry on my life–and thus inseparably from my teaching and learning–has been immeasurable. His ideas on scale, limits, accountability,

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Periodic Table Song – Video & Lesson Ideas

The New Periodic Table Song In Order (To Make You And Your Students Crazy) by TeachThought Staff There once was periodic table song whose frenzied

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Developing Confident Students Using Gradual Release Of Responsibility

by Terry Heick Learning is a culture. It starts there—with the students first as human beings needing to understand their environment. And it ends there—with